Card holder



March 26, 1968 P. BALABAN 3,374,564

CARD HOLDER Filed May 26. 1965 M V M INVENTO BY I United States Patent 3,374,564 CARD HOLDER Philip Balaban, 19500 Sorrento, Detroit, Mich. 48235 Filed May 26, 1965. Ser. No. 458,972 2 Claims. (Cl. 40-11) from transparent sheet of bendable and formable material such as that having an acetate base. One such sheet material is obtained from Eastman Kodak Company and is known as Kodacel. It is to be understood, however, that any transparent bendable and formable sheet material may be employed to form the card holding portion of the card holder. Blanks are cut from the sheet providing sections of different lengths, the longer section being wider than the other and having a notch in the free ends. The cut blank is folded to have the notch located above the free end of the shorter section and the side edges of the wider notched section are rolled back upon themselves to extend over the edges of the narrower shorter section and therefore clamp the two sections together. Securing clips of U-shape have one straight leg extending into the rolled edges, the other leg being bent inwardly and curved outwardly for receiving and clamping a supporting member. The card is slipped into the top open end in engagement with the closed bottom end which prevents it from passing downwardly therebeyond. Preferably, the upper end of the card will extend within the notched section at the top of the longer section so that it may be readily removed. The material of the sheet is of such thickness as to withstand any usage to which it is put, but thin enough to permit it to bend to follow the contour of the back of the book or other member to which it is attached by the securing clips.

Accordingly, the main objects of the invention are: to provide a card holder which is formed from a transparent sheet having two sections which are folded against each other and secured together by rolled edges on one section which receives one leg of securing clips; to die cut a transparent sheet into a plurality of blanks having a narrow and wide section which are bent upon each other with the edges of the wide sections rolled into tubes which extend over the narrow section and retain the two sections in abutting relationship with one leg of U-shaped securing clips extending into the tubes for attaching the holder to the back of a book or other element; to provide a transparent card holder with securing clips at the edges which permits the holder to bend and conform to the shape or surface to which it is secured, and in general, to provide a card holder which is simple in construction and economical of manufacture.

Other objects and features of novelty of the invention will be specifically pointed out or will become apparent when referring, for a better understanding of the invention, to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

3,374,564 Patented Mar. 26, 1968 FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a card holder embodying feature of the present invention:

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional View of the structure illustrated in FIG. 1, taken on the line 22 thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the structure illustrated in FIG. 1, taken on the line 33 thereof, and

FIG. 4 is a view of a sheet of material from which a plurality of blanks are die cut.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, a sheet 10 of thin transparent material which may be cut, bent and formed, is die cut to provide card holder blanks 11 which are composed of two sections 12 and 13 with adjacent blanks reversed to eliminate waste of material. While the sheet 10 is shown of a height equal to that of the two sections 12 and 13, it is to be understood that the sheet may be of any size so that a large number of rows of the blanks 11 may be die cut therefrom.

The material of the sheet may be any transparent plastic well known in the art to be suitable for bending the two sections 12 and 13 upon themselves along the line 14 and for rolling the edges 15 of the section 12 to form tubular side edges 16. The ends 17 of the tubular edges 16 lap over the edges of the section 13 and maintain the two sections in abutting relation to each other. During the die cutting operation, notch sections 18 are cut in the ends of the section 12 to form a recess 19 at the top of the card holder where the card can be grasped by the fingers and removed therefrom.

Wire clips 21 of U-shaped have a straight leg 22 which extends within the rolled edges 16 at each side of the holder with the spaced leg 23 bent inwardly at 24 to engage the card holder and with the end section 25 curved outwardly to receive the edge of the element on which the card holder is supported. The sections 12 and 13 being made of thin material will bend to conform to the shape of the element to which the securing clips 21 are attached. If the clip is placed on the back of a book which is of arcuate shape, the clip will accurately conform to the shape and rest neatly against the back with the information on the card between the two sections 12 and 13 clearly visible through the section 12 of the holder. The bottom of the sections are closed along the line 14 so that the card cannot pass downwardly therebeyond.

Du ing the die stamping of the bodies, information may be printed upon the section 13 or embossed thereon by way of advertising or information material which will be hidden by the card when placed within the holder. Preferably, heat is applied to the sections 12 and 13 when making the bend 14 and when rolling the tubular edges 16 thereon. By employing separate clips 21, the sections are free to bend and may be shipped separated from the clips or the clips may have the extending legs 24 folded down against the section 13 to form a compact unit.

What is claimed is:

1. A card holder made from a strip of transparent material having a wide section and a narrow section folded adjacent to the junction therebetween to be in abutting relation to each other, tubular edges formed on the wide section which extend over and engage the edges of the narrow section and retain it against the wider section, and

clips of U-shape, having a straight leg which extends into the tubular edges and a bent leg which abuts against the tubular edges.

2. A card holder made from a strip of transparent material having a wide section and a narrow section folded adjacent to the junction therebetween to be in abutting relation to each other, tubular edges formed on the wide section which extend over and engage the edges of the narrow section and retain it against the wider section, and clips of U-shape, having a straight leg which extends into the tubular edges and a formed leg which abuts against the tubular edges, at least one of said sections at the top edge having a notch therein to form a finger-receiving recess by which a card maybe grasped and removed from between the sheet sections.

References Cited EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary Examiner.

W. J. CONTRERAS, J. SCHNALL, Examiners. 

1. A CARD HOLDER MADE FROM A STRIP OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL HAVING A WIDE SECTION AND A NARROW SECTION FOLDED ADJACENT TO THE JUNCTION THEREBETWEEN TO BE IN ABUTTING RELATION OF EACH OTHER, TUBULAR EDGES FORMED ON THE WIDE SECTION WHICH EXTEND OVER ENGAGE THE EDGES OF THE NARROW SECTION AND RETAIN IN AGAINST THE WIDER SECTION, AND CLIPS OF U-SHAPE, HAVING A STRAIGHT LEG WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE TUBULAR EDGES AND A BENT LEG WHICH ABUTS AGAINST THE TUBULAR EDGES. 